2015

Home Buyers, Your Agent Works For You Not Vice Versa

If you are a home buyer, especially in the Los Angeles area, I feel compelled to offer a heads up on what you should be expecting from your agent. This especially applies if your are a first-time home buyer because you may not understand how the process works.

I often get calls from buyers, especially first timers, asking about a property they presume is my listing because it is on my website. Since I run an Internet Data Exchange (IDX) feed on my website, all listings provided by my Multiple Listing Service (MLS) are provided to my site through my IDX, hence the confusion. I am, of course, happy to help them since this is a source for some of my business. However, the first question I ask is if they already have an agent. Many of them do. That is when I feel compelled to explain what the role of their agent is which is what their agent should have already explained to them.

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Last Week in Los Angeles Real Estate 6/29/2015

Beverly Hills is getting yet another hotel. The owners of 9900 Wilshire Blvd., Wanda Group are planning to add a hotel to the $1 billion condo complex called One Beverly Hills. The number of originally planned condos will be reduced to accommodate the new hotel which will be next to the Beverly Hilton Hotel and under construction Waldorf Astoria. The number residences will total 193. The change will require the developers to go before the city again for permission, and construction completion is probably four years away. The Chinese company Wanda Group is the owner of AMC Theaters and is building the world’s largest film and television studio in Qingdao, China. They are hoping that this development will be help them get a foot in the door to Hollywood.

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